Intro to Paleoanthropology
Genetic drift is a mechanism of evolution that refers to random changes in the frequency of alleles (gene variants) in a population over time. It often has a more significant impact in small populations, where chance events can lead to drastic changes in allele frequencies, influencing genetic variation and potentially leading to the emergence of new traits or even species.
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